Boston College Athletics
Women's Cross Country Ranked Tenth In The Nation
October 03, 2000 | Women's Track & Field
Oct. 3, 2000
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The Boston College women's cross country team is ranked tenth for the week of October 2 in the FinishLynx NCAA Division I National Cross Country Poll.
This past weekend, the Eagles took the Iona College Meet of Champions, where sophomore Maggie Guiney (Red Bank, N.J.) and junior captain Katie Ryan (Elmira, N.Y.) placed first and second respectively. Overall, the Eagles had five runners finish in the top ten
The Eagles will look to improve upon that ranking Friday, October 13, when they compete in the New England Championships. The meet, which will be held at Boston's Franklin Park, will begin at Noon.
FinishLynx NCAA Division I National Cross Country Poll
Poll #3 -- October 2, 2000
Ranking Team (first place votes) Points Prev.
1. Stanford (11) 293 1 2. Colorado (1) 289 4 3. Brigham Young 271 5 4. Washington 254 17 5. North Carolina State 244 6 6. Kansas State 237 3 7. Georgetown 228 7 8. Wisconsin 223 2 9. Minnesota 218 8 10. Boston College 200 9 11. Arkansas 184 13 12. Yale 169 10 13. Michigan 151 11 14. Arizona State 146 12 15. Arizona 126 14 16. Providence 122 15 17. Colorado State 105 16 18. Texas A&M 93 18 19. tie Brown 65 21 Villanova 65 19 21. Marquette 51 23 22. Oregon 46 24 23. South Florida 34 22 24. Duke 25 nr 25. Ball State 22 25Also Receiving Votes: Northern Arizona (20), Texas Christian (4), Wake Forest (4), UCLA (3), UC-Irvine (2), West Virginia (2), Northwestern (2), Toledo (1), Weber State (1).
